Thanks to a misbegotten ruling from a divided Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals, police in nine states have been left at an insurmountable disadvantage
when dealing with criminal suspects. At least, that’s what we’re told in a
legal brief submitted to the Supreme Court by a coalition of police unions.
“It won’t be long before the word spreads through society’s
criminal underworld that the Ninth Circuit hasn’t simply given them a `get out
of jail free’ card, but a `never have to go to jail in the first place’ card,”
warns the amicus brief. Rather than subduing criminals, “police officers will
now be forced to walk away from people they have arrested.”
